Brazil

Jean Daudelin on what will likely be the most savagely disputed election round since Brazil’s return to democracy in 1985.

It was supposed to be a coronation for Rousseff. Now the president is suddenly looking beatable. Robert Muggah explains.

The woman who might be Brazil’s next president could shake things up both at home and abroad.

Robert Muggah on how new surveillance technology can be used to check the abuse of power by police officers.

The world’s most watched sports tournament may be over, but debate over its success will undoubtedly play on as Brazil gears up for presidential elections in October, as Robert Muggah explains.

As Brazil welcomes the world for the World Cup, all is not right at home, say Robert Muggah and Ilona Szabó de Carvalho.

The Ukraine crisis has resurrected the old Cold War dichotomy of East vs West. But defining “the West” is not so easy, says Robert Muggah.

Robert Muggah and Eduarda Hamann on why Brazil should not sidestep issues like peace, safety, justice, and governance.

Robert Muggah and Eduarda Hamann consider the debates currently happening in Brazil around future development goals.

The country’s prisons are overpopulated, brutally violent places, say Robert Muggah and Ilona Szabo de Carvalho. So why do Brazilians tolerate them?

Canada has been caught spying on Brazil. Rafal Rohozinski and Robert Muggah on why Canadians should care.

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff isn’t happy about the NSA monitoring her online activity. Robert Muggah on why the scandal is provoking calls for a new approach to Internet privacy from Brazil.

Jean Daudelin on why Canada shouldn’t keep running around Latin America with an empty diplomatic strategy.

Jennifer Jeffs on what Canada can learn from Brazil’s economic rise.

Many are resigned to the gridlock over reforming the United Nations Security Council, but Robert Muggah believes Brazil and its allies have revealed a way forward.

Jean Daudelin on how recent protests in Brazil exposed the weakness of Dilma Rousseff and her government.

The newly empowered wired generation is transforming mechanisms for social change, argues Robert Muggah.

We asked Canada’s Ambassador to Brazil, the Honourable Jamal Khokhar, about Brazil’s economic prospects in the face of challenging global trends.

Jean Daudelin on why Brazil isn’t playing to win at home or abroad, and the political tactics that could change this.

Robert Muggah and Ilona Szabo de Carvalho on how emerging powers can lead efforts to reform the United Nations Security Council.